What is CVE-2017-7943?

CVE-2017-7943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-7943?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-7943 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-7943

The ReadSVGImage function in svg.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-4 allows remote attackers to consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file.

Published 2017-04-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (85.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.5-4
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3863 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97956 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/427 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7943?: CVE-2017-7943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-7943?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7943 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.